X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48A32377.1050400@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:09:59 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problems using stat function References: <66670B0DEBBFA647A09A471A7B6C7E0A315593@SRV1.grupalvic.local> In-Reply-To: <66670B0DEBBFA647A09A471A7B6C7E0A315593@SRV1.grupalvic.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Ignasi Villagrasa wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm migrating an old WATCOM C++ based application to cygwin, using > -mno-cygwin in order to make the converted executable as similar as > possible to the original one. > > I get a problem using > > int stat ( const char *__path, struct stat *__sbuf ); > > I get an improper offset and so size comes on the st_atime field instead > of st_size. > > Is there any report or known bug related to this behaviour ? > > It seems library doen't map properly the pointed structure. > > Before going on to dicover what provokes the problem (Library, used > include), I'd like to know if someone has ever found this behaviour also. The -mno-cygwin switch means exactly what it says - you're not using Cygwin. What you're actually using is a pseudo-cross compiler targeting Windows APIs (instead of Cygwin's POSIX APIs). This functionality comes from . You should research your issue there. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/